Course Orientation [template book format]

[This first page of this Moodle book is for you as an instructor, not for students. When you are finished updating this Moodle book, hide or delete this page.]

Summary

The purpose of this Course Orientation Moodle book is to give your students relevant information they need to navigate this course. The information includes:

  • How to Navigate a Moodle Book
  • Where to Start
  • Course Forums
  • Basic Technology
  • Moodle Basics for Students
Each page within this book will have standard or suggested information that will be helpful for your students as they learn how to access your course content.


Editing and Updating

Review each page and upgrade the content based on your course needs and relevancy. The text in [red] must be removed once you have updated a page. It is for faculty as prompts; if you leave the [red text], it will be confusing for your students. 

If you are not familiar with the Moodle book resource, please follow the below steps to edit the pages.

Editing each page
Make sure you have enabled course editing.
turn editing on
In this book, you will see edit and navigation options within the table of contents at the top right.
picture of the table of contents in edit mode within the Moodle book
Click on the "gear" next to the "trash can" in order to edit content on that specified page.
image of table of contents in edit mode with arrow pointing to gear icon
When you are done updating, removing or adding your content, save and display your page to ensure it looks good.

Ensure you have removed any [red prompts] provided.

Editing the book description

Edit the description of the Moodle book to delete the prompt: [Course introduction and getting started materials. Update each section according to your current course.] To do that, click the main gear icon for this Moodle book, then click "Edit settings."

Gear icon menu showing Edit Settings highlighted

From there, delete the current prompt from the description. You can add a different description to this Moodle book if you wish, or you can leave the description blank.




Finish Up

When you are finished updating this Moodle book, either HIDE this page by clicking on the "eye ball" (a slash through that icon will appear to show that this page is hidden from your students) or delete this page completely by clicking on the trash can.